March 13 Friday – At the Princess Hotel in Hamilton, Bermuda Sam added to his Mar. 12 to Dorothy Quick.

Friday, 9 p.m. This has been a lovely summer day, very brilliant & not uncomfortably warm. If you would only come, you could stop those deadly medicines & soon get well.

The ball has begun, & I think I will go down & look on.

Dear child I am taking the liberty of appointing you to membership in my “Aquarium”—if you will let me. It consists of 5 angel-fishes & one shad. I am the shad. The device of the club is a very small angel-fish pin, to be worn on the breast. I will fetch it when I come. I have to wear a flying-fish pin, until I can get a shad made [MTP].

Irene Gerken wrote to Sam including her charming spelling.

We arrived safely and found lovely spring weather. The trip was fine only I was a little sick. I met a lote of friends on board and so was not very lonesome. How is Mr. Roggers? I hope he is much better, and when he leaves I hope he will have recovered all to geather. My bird was not the least sick and now he is talking all the time. Please give my love to Miss Lion and Miss Wallace. Mother and Father wish to be remembered to you. With lots of love from all / Your little Angel Fish / Irene Gerken [MTP; MTAq 121].

Harry P. Wood for Hawaii Promotion Co. wrote to Sam, offering to “place some article of furniture in one of the rooms that would serve to continually recall to your mind the days you spent in these Islands many years ago.” They suggested either a chair or a mantel [MTP]. Note: see Nov. 30, 1908 entry for picture of chair.

Howells & Stokes wrote two typed letters to Sam, going over details on the Redding house: the sewage disposal plant and the gas lighting plant, with costs. The second letter noted that Clemens had left the matter of the mantel designs with them and they would aim at the “simplest and best effects.” [MTP].